{"id":1325,"date":"2012-10-12T19:38:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/churchs-joy-more-humble-today-than-50-years-ago-pope-reflects\/"},"modified":"2012-10-12T19:38:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T19:38:00","slug":"churchs-joy-more-humble-today-than-50-years-ago-pope-reflects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/10\/churchs-joy-more-humble-today-than-50-years-ago-pope-reflects\/","title":{"rendered":"Church’s joy more humble today than 50 years ago, Pope reflects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Vatican City, Oct 12, 2012 \/ 01:38 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Pope Benedict believes that the Catholic Church of 2012 possesses \u201ca more sober and humble joy\u201d compared to the optimism that marked the Second Vatican Council\u2019s opening 50 years ago.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cOver these fifty years we have learned and experienced how original sin exists and is translated, ever and anew, into individual sins which can also become structures of sin,\u201d the Pope said during a candlelit vigil gathered in St. Peter\u2019s Square to mark the opening of the Year of Faith Oct. 11.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe have seen how weeds are also always present in the field of the Lord,\u201d he added. \u201cWe have seen how Peter\u2019s net also brings in bad fish.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe have seen how human fragility is also present in the Church, how the ship of the Church is also sailing against a counter wind and is threatened by storms; and at times we have thought that the Lord is sleeping and has forgotten us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe night time procession and vigil was organized by the lay Catholic Action movement in coordination with the Diocese of Rome. Pope Benedict spoke from the window of his study in scenes deliberately reminiscent of the opening day of Second Vatican Council on Oct. 11 1962.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cOn this day fifty years ago I was in the square looking up at this window where the Good Pope, Blessed John XXIII, appeared and addressed us with unforgettable words, words full of poetry and goodness, words from the heart,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n

\tAs a young priest, the Pope had participated in the Second Vatican Council as an academic adviser to Cardinal Joseph Frings of Cologne.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

\tHe also remembered how the happy and enthusiastic crowds of 1962 were certain that \u201ca new springtime for the Church was in the offing.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\u201cToday too we are happy. We have joy in our hearts but, I would say, it is perhaps a more sober and humble joy,\u201d Pope Benedict said.<\/p>\n

\tOver the past half-century, he suggested, the Church has repeatedly witnessed \u201chow the Lord does not forget us\u201d but, instead, has brought forth new signs of life throughout the Church that \u201cilluminate the world and give us a guarantee of God\u2019s goodness.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIn closing I make bold to echo the unforgettable words of Pope John: 'Go to your homes, give your children a kiss and say it is from the Pope.'\u201d<\/p>\n

\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vatican City, Oct 12, 2012 \/ 01:38 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict believes that the Catholic Church of 2012 possesses “a more sober and humble joy” compared to the optimism that marked the Second Vatican Council’s opening 50 years…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1031,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vatican"],"yoast_head":"\nChurch's joy more humble today than 50 years ago, Pope reflects<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vatican City, Oct 12, 2012 \/ 01:38 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict believes that the Catholic Church of 2012 possesses “a more sober and humble joy” compared to the optimism that marked the Second Vatican Council’s opening 50 years...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/10\/churchs-joy-more-humble-today-than-50-years-ago-pope-reflects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Church's joy more humble today than 50 years ago, Pope reflects\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vatican City, Oct 12, 2012 \/ 01:38 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict believes that the Catholic Church of 2012 possesses “a more sober and humble joy” compared to the optimism that marked the Second Vatican Council’s opening 50 years...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/10\/churchs-joy-more-humble-today-than-50-years-ago-pope-reflects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Catholic News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-10-12T19:38:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"CNA Daily News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CNA Daily News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/10\/churchs-joy-more-humble-today-than-50-years-ago-pope-reflects\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/10\/churchs-joy-more-humble-today-than-50-years-ago-pope-reflects\/\",\"name\":\"Church's joy more humble today than 50 years ago, Pope reflects\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-10-12T19:38:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-10-12T19:38:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1\"},\"description\":\"Vatican City, Oct 12, 2012 \/ 01:38 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict believes that the Catholic Church of 2012 possesses “a more sober and humble joy” compared to the optimism that marked the Second Vatican Council’s opening 50 years...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/10\/churchs-joy-more-humble-today-than-50-years-ago-pope-reflects\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/10\/churchs-joy-more-humble-today-than-50-years-ago-pope-reflects\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/10\/churchs-joy-more-humble-today-than-50-years-ago-pope-reflects\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Church’s joy more humble today than 50 years ago, Pope reflects\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/\",\"name\":\"Catholic News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1\",\"name\":\"CNA Daily News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"CNA Daily News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/author\/cna-daily-news\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Church's joy more humble today than 50 years ago, Pope reflects","description":"Vatican City, Oct 12, 2012 \/ 01:38 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict believes that the Catholic Church of 2012 possesses “a more sober and humble joy” compared to the optimism that marked the Second Vatican Council’s opening 50 years...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/10\/churchs-joy-more-humble-today-than-50-years-ago-pope-reflects\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Church's joy more humble today than 50 years ago, Pope reflects","og_description":"Vatican City, Oct 12, 2012 \/ 01:38 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict believes that the Catholic Church of 2012 possesses “a more sober and humble joy” compared to the optimism that marked the Second Vatican Council’s opening 50 years...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/10\/churchs-joy-more-humble-today-than-50-years-ago-pope-reflects\/","og_site_name":"Catholic News","article_published_time":"2012-10-12T19:38:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA"}],"author":"CNA Daily News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"CNA Daily News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/10\/churchs-joy-more-humble-today-than-50-years-ago-pope-reflects\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/10\/churchs-joy-more-humble-today-than-50-years-ago-pope-reflects\/","name":"Church's joy more humble today than 50 years ago, Pope reflects","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-10-12T19:38:00+00:00","dateModified":"2012-10-12T19:38:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1"},"description":"Vatican City, Oct 12, 2012 \/ 01:38 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict believes that the Catholic Church of 2012 possesses “a more sober and humble joy” compared to the optimism that marked the Second Vatican Council’s opening 50 years...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/10\/churchs-joy-more-humble-today-than-50-years-ago-pope-reflects\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/10\/churchs-joy-more-humble-today-than-50-years-ago-pope-reflects\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/10\/churchs-joy-more-humble-today-than-50-years-ago-pope-reflects\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Church’s joy more humble today than 50 years ago, Pope reflects"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/","name":"Catholic News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1","name":"CNA Daily News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"CNA Daily News"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/author\/cna-daily-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}